Single portrait of Gijsbert Robbertsz

General information
Original location Wijk bij Duurstede?
Current location Private collection
Provenance Mentioned by Muller in 1880 to be in the possession of P.A. Borger in Arnhem
Artist Jan van Scorel (copy of)
Date After 1541-1544 (date of creation of other portrait)
Depicted pilgrim
Personal information
Name Gijsbert Robbertsz
Social status / profession Sheriff (schout) of Wijk bij Duurstede (1539, 1542, 1546)
Coat of arms No coat of arms
Text Int iaer ons Heeren vijfthienhondert ende lvii sterf Gysbert Robbertssz. opden xxviii dach augustus. Bit voer die zilen
Other known portraits According to Muller, this seems to be an exact copy of Robbertsz's portrait on the panel with Five members of the Utrecht confraternity of Jerusalem pilgrims (Utrecht, Centraal museum), second from the left. However, this painting is different in its text and attributes.
Pilgrimages
Year of pilgrimage to Jerusalem 1541 (from other portrait)
Attributes Jerusalem pilgrimage Palm, Necklace with golden Jerusalem cross, Jerusalem cross
Other pilgrimages Sinai, monastery of St Catherine
Attributes other pilgrimages Wheel of St Catherine
Death
Date of death 28 August 1557
Location of grave Wijk bij Duurstede
Additional information
Literature
  • Muller, S., De schilderijen van Jan van Scorel in het museum Kunstliefde te Utrecht (Utrecht 1880), p. 38, note 5
  • Tongerloo, Louise van, 'Grablegung und Totengedenken bei Pilgerbruderschaften in Utrecht, mit einer Neuinterpretation von Scorels und Mors Bildnisreihen von Jerusalemfahrern,' in: Truus van Bueren en Andrea van Leerdam (eds.), Care for the here and the hereafter: memoria, art and ritual in the Middle Ages (Turnhout 2005), pp. 221-247
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